Rail Shopping by Date and Time

Low Fare Shopping can be modified to return the lowest available fares for a specified time.

Note: This functionality is supported for Low Fare Shopping and Rail Availability.

The following list shows which time preferences are available in LFS for RCS and in Rail Availability.

Request

In the SearchAirLeg Element, in addition to the required data for a Low Fare Shopping request, respectively, in the SeachDepTime and SearchArvTime children of LowFareShoppingReq/SearchAirLeg in the Air service.

Also, with Air.xsd:

Searching by Departure Time

Within SearchDepTime, the specific time can be modified to include time ranges. Date and time formats use the ISO-standard format.

 

SpecificTime indicates the preferred time for the departure or arrival. If this value is blank, the default preferred time is 8:00. There is no default date for the request; a date must always be included in the request.

If the PreferredTime attribute is included, the response returns options weighted for the preferred time, if they are available.

Time windows (TimeRange) are not supported for Rail segments. Time windows are supported for Air segments only. If both EarliestTime and LatestTime are included for SearchDepTime\TimeRange or SearchArvTime\TimeRange, only the EarliestTime is used.

Flexible dates (SearchExtraDays) are not supported. Flexible Dates are supported for Air segments only.

Searching by Arrival Time

SearchArvTime repeats the same data formats based on arrival times rather than departure times. Either a departure or arrival time can be selected; both departure and arrival cannot be selected in a single call.

Response

A standard Low Fare Shopping response is returned with flight and rail options restricted to the ranges specified in the parameters.

Note: Rail options are returned only for customers who are provisioned for Rail functionality.

Errors and Warnings